Neelix, worried about his usefulness to Voyager’s crew now that they are reaching areas of space he is unfamiliar with, decides to do a little illegal trading for star charts. He meets up with an old criminal friend of his, and arranges a deal. However, things go south with deal and some of the crew are charged with a murder they know nothing about.

It’s up to Neelix now to come clean with Janeway and get the crew released.